Quick question for A64 754pin retail owners

[SonicFlux]

The retail A64 754pin heat sink ships with a thermal pad attached to it, but do you remember if you had to peel away a piece of paper protecting the thermal pad before you attached the heat sink to the cpu/mobo?

Last night I installed a retail 3700+ into a DFI LanPary nF3 250Gb mobo while I was very... very tired. I remember that I did not peel away any thermal pad paper, but I just read something this morning that mentions the possibility of peeling away a piece of paper before installing the heat sink. So now I'm a bit worried.

 

[PurdueRy]

if its working, you shouldn't have to worry. From what I hear it sounds like there is usually a plastic piece that covers in in packaging but is attached in no way. Check your temps out with Sisoft sandra, if they are less than 50C you are OK

 

[Megatomic]

I'm thinking you'd know right away if you left a barrier in place. And now that you mention it, I don't remember if there was one on mine at all. All I remember is that the heatsink was snugly secured in a formed plastic container...

 

[selfbuilt]

There was no paper to peel away on the thermal material of my retail A64 754pin (newcastle 2800+) ... just the protective clear plastic piece over the whole bottom of the unit. You are probably fine (but check your temps to verify).